“Twenty years ago, when Bob Dole accepted the Republican nomination, he pointed to the exits and told any racists in the Party to get out. The week after 9/11, George W. Bush went to a mosque and declared for everyone to hear that Muslims ‘love America just as much as I do.’ In 2008, John McCain told…”— Hillary Clinton, politico.com
“After we had made those hard-fought sacrifices and gains, we should never have made such a sudden withdrawal – on a timetable advertised to our enemies. Al Qaeda in Iraq had been decimated, and Obama and Clinton gave it new life and allowed it to spread across the world.”— Donald Trump, politico.com
“Speaking of lies, we now know from the State Department announcement that President Obama lied about the $400 million dollars in cash that was flown to Iran. He denied it was for the hostages, but it was. He said we don’t pay ransom, but he did. He lied about the hostages – openly and blatantly – ju…”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“We have people running our country that don’t know what they’re doing, they’re grossly incompetent, and it’s time. We have to make change, real change. Not Obama change, we have to make change.”— Donald Trump, time.com
“And make no mistake about it, this November when we go to the polls that is what we’re deciding, not Democrat or Republican, not left or right. No, in this election and every election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives.”— Michelle Obama, time.com
“With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models. And let me tell you, Barack and I take that same approach to our jobs as president and first lady because we know that our words and actions matter, not just to…”— Michelle Obama, time.com
“Hillary Clinton essentially offers a third Obama term. And the role is perfect for her. She championed Obamacare because, years earlier, she had all but invented it.”— Mike Pence, cnn.com
“Bill Clinton didn’t accidentally run into the Attorney General on the airport tarmac last week in Phoenix. Hillary Clinton didn’t accidentally sneak into the FBI during one of the country’s biggest holiday weekends to testify on her illegal activities, something that wouldn’t be afforded to others u…”— Donald Trump, donaldjtrump.com
“If we’ve learned anything about the economy over the past 20 years, it’s that a President’s economic decisions have real consequences for families. President Obama was handed the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Thanks to his leadership — and the hard work and resilience of the Ame…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming. Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of, you know, I thin…”— Barack Obama, amazon.com
“Instead of adjusting his policies to the reality, and adjusting his perception of reality to the changing realities on the ground, the conclusions Obama draws are exactly the same, no matter what the costs have been to our strategic interests. In an odd way, Obama reminds me of Bush.”— Anonymous, nytimes.com
“When we sit in Washington and debate foreign policy, it’s like a Risk game, or it’s all about us, or the human beings disappear from the decisions. But Obama lived in a place where he was surrounded by people who had either perpetrated those acts — and by the way, may not have felt great about that…”— Ben Rhodes, nytimes.com
“We cannot let Barack Obama’s legacy fall into Donald Trump’s hands. We can’t let all the hard work and progress we have achieved over the last seven and a half years be torn away. We have to move forward together. We have to bring our country together.”— Hillary Clinton, hillaryclinton.com
“We need to see more real achievements in the first 100 days of the next administration than we’ve seen in the seven years of the Obama presidency.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“President Obama is big on playing golf. But he doesn’t play with the right people.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com